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Post about vaccines containing toxic levels of ingredients is misleading
The substances listed in the social media post are present in certain vaccines but medical research suggests the levels are not harmful. By Sahil Bali A post has been shared on social media platforms listing-out a number of ingredients used in the manufacturing of vaccines. This post is getting popular during the on-going dialogue about the coronavirus vaccine’s safety and development. The post claims in the heading “Why should we resist against vaccines”. Further, it lists out ingredients present in the vaccines and also claims that “it diminishes your natural immunity against diseases and va...
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3 Democrats Test Positive For COVID-19 Following Capitol Attack, Condemn GOP Colleagues Who Refused To Wear Masks
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) announced Monday night that she is among the lawmakers who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the days following the riot at the Capitol, in which politicians were forced to take shelter in a crowded area — along with some Republican colleagues who refused to wear masks. Jayapal told The Cut that she began quarantining immediately after the events at the Capitol, believing that the secure room she had been in, “where there were over 100 people and many Republicans not wearing masks, was a superspreader event.” Her office condemned the several Republicans w...
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Japan’s COVID-19 State of Emergency: What You Need to Know
Due to the rising cases of the coronavirus, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga officially declared a second state of emergency for Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures on Jan. 7. On Jan. 13, he expanded the state of emergency to include Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Fukuoka, Tochigi and Gifu prefectures. The state of emergency puts restrictions on the public concerning “non-essential” activities. To help foreign residents in the affected prefectures, we have compiled a list of answers to questions you may have about living under the state of emergency. You can use the links below t...
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The Coronavirus Situation in Japan
On Jan. 31, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 or the coronavirus a global emergency. The government of Japan has made measures to curb the virus from spreading further. A nationwide state of emergency was lifted on May. 26, 2020, but Tokyo returned to normalcy in phases. Moreover, residents were no longer asked to refrain from crossing prefectural borders. On Jan. 07, 2021, Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa entered a second state of emergency with more prefectures expected to follow. While some 540 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been secured,...
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Can red ant chutney cure Coronavirus?
Multiple Facebook posts claim that red ant chutney (sauce) is the divine medicine for coronavirus. We fact-checked the claim and found the origin of this statement. There is no scientific evidence yet to prove it as a possible cure. By Tej Kumar A Facebook post claims that red ant chutney (sauce of red ants) which is made up of red ants and their eggs, dhanvalanka (Tobasco peppers), coriander leaves, green chillies, and salt is the divine medicine for coronavirus. This post in the Telugu language claims that it is “a divine medicine for Coronavirus”! “Tribals use red aunt chutney as medicine f...
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How the pandemic failed to change us
Irrespective of the continuing COVID-19 cases, deaths, sufferings, and social inequalities of those affected, we are behaviourally tuned to fight, stigmatise, hurl blames against each other, other nations, and communities, turn a blind eye towards the socially impoverished, and disregard health precautions. By Dr Debanjan Banerjee This New Year we will observe the anniversary of the ‘novel’ addition to our lives – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As a physician, when I look back at how this ‘unprecedented’ illness became a daily part of our lives, I notice things that make me quite concern...
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Trump Says COVID-19 Cases Are ‘Far Exaggerated,’ Dr. Anthony Fauci Says He’s Wrong
According to the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, the United States has now surpassed 350,000 COVID-19 deaths. The bleak milestone met with criticism from President Donald Trump who wrote in a tweet that cases and deaths are “far exaggerated in the United States” because of the Center for Disease Control’s “ridiculous method of determination compared to other countries.” Trump’s central claim is that COVID-19 deaths in the United States are overcounted because deaths unrelated to COVID-19 are artificially increasing the count, but he cites no evidence of a concerted effor...
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Journalist Larry King, 87, Hospitalized In ICU With COVID-19
Broadcast journalist, Larry King was put in an ICU at a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday, where he is currently battling the coronavirus. The King family said that the 87 year old had already spent 10 days in the hospital after believing that King contracted the virus from a home health care worker. King hosted Larry King Live for 25 years on CNN but he retired from the show in 2010. Two years later, he came back with Larry King Now on OraTV, a free streaming service. In a 2019 interview with Extra, the journalist revealed that he suffered a stroke that left him in a coma for weeks. “It’s been a...
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Dr. James Phillips, Who Criticized Trump COVID-19 Photo Op, Removed From Walter Reed Duties
Dr. James Phillips, an emergency doctor at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, has been removed from his duties after publicly criticizing Donald Trump‘s limo drive-by around the hospital after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. Phillips had called the President’s drive-by “completely unnecessary,” and said Trump put lives at risk for “political theater” in a tweet he since deleted in October. “That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof but hermetically sealed against chemical attack,” he tweeted then. “The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical ...
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Florida Health Department COVID-19 Whistleblower Rebekah Jones Sues State For ‘Sham’ Raid Of Her Home
Former Florida Department of Health data manager Rebekah Jones, who gained national attention as a whistleblower after being fired in May for what she claimed was refusing to alter COVID-19 data to make the state look more favorable, has filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in response to their Dec. 7 raid on her house. She called the raid a “sham” in retaliation for not altering the virus data. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has denied Jones’ reasoning behind her firing, saying she was let go because she disobeyed her superiors. The lawsuit was brought against FDLE...
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